One of three solar fields at the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in California’s Mojave Desert. The concentrated solar power plants there are the largest in the world. California became the first state to generate more than 5% of its electricity from utility solar power, according a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). … Continue reading California leads U.S. in solar energy installations, PV and Concentrated Solar Power
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Global clean energy investments grew 17 per cent in 2014 and reached $270bn
Global clean energy investments grew 17 per cent in 2014 and reached $270bn, according to new research from the United Nations. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in their new Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investments report that the findings come after two years of declines. A 148 per cent increase in offshore … Continue reading Global clean energy investments grew 17 per cent in 2014 and reached $270bn
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Brazil’s 350MW floating solar power plant
Brazil has announced a massive 350 MW floating solar photovoltaic (PV) plant. The solar energy project at the 250 MW Balbina hydroelectric plant in the Amazon is hoped to be the first solar development at hydroelectric dams whose construction results in large and ongoing releases of methane as well as to the initial loss of … Continue reading Brazil’s 350MW floating solar power plant
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Solar energy is best solution to Nigeria’s power challenge
The Chief Executive Officer of Omatek Ventures Plc, Mrs. Florence Seriki has said the best way to address the short fall in power generation and distribution and also cut down on wasteful consumption of electricity in the country, is to adopt solar energy. Seriki, who extended her business venture from assembling and manufacturing … Continue reading Solar energy is best solution to Nigeria’s power challenge
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It is time for Africa to tap the solar power
Africa has the best potential for solar energy developments. The continent’s DNI as proof of this. Known as direct normal irradiation or Direct Solar Irradiance, the DNI is used to assess a region’s potential for generating energy through photovoltaics or concentrated solar power (CSP). For a continent with the highest concentration of sunlight, one … Continue reading It is time for Africa to tap the solar power
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Solar Power Plant in Chad
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has just approved a USD 780,000 preparation grant for the development of a first phase 40 MW of Starsol Solar PV Plant near N’Djamena in Chad as the first Independent Power Producer (IPP) scheme to be connected to the national grid. Specifically, the SEFA grant will finance the … Continue reading Solar Power Plant in Chad
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Facebook develops solar power drones
Looks like Facebook’s ambitions are of a flying variety. Code named the Aquila (that is The Eagle to you), Facebook plans on beaming down the internet to its users through that very Eagle. At its F8 developer conference today in Fort Mason, Facebook revealed plans that showcased a V shaped unmanned vehicle that has a wingspan comparable to … Continue reading Facebook develops solar power drones
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Global solar energy installations to cross 54 GW this year
Installations of solar power generation capacities worldwide are projected to touch 54,500 MW this year while India is expected to add 1,800 MW during the same period, says a report. “Another solid year is in store for the global solar industry and new streams of funding are coming into the sector,” Mercom Capital Group, a … Continue reading Global solar energy installations to cross 54 GW this year
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Vietnam’s first solar power plant
Arman Holding is working in Vietnam EVN on a solar power plant worth US$140 million. A source from Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam said the Russian firm, the main investor of the project, is surveying for a location with its partners – Singapore’s finance company Royale Star Holdings and Vietnam’s Natural Energy Investment & … Continue reading Vietnam’s first solar power plant
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ABB & Pact To Bring Photovoltaic To Rural Myanmar
ABB will partner with Pact Myanmar to bring electricity in the form of solar power to approximately 3,500 individuals from villages in rural areas of Mandalay, Central Myanmar. With an estimated population of 51 million, Myanmar is a newly emerging country that has a per capita GDP of only around US$1,105, one of the lowest … Continue reading ABB & Pact To Bring Photovoltaic To Rural Myanmar
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Morocco to establish solar energy programs with Masdar
The government aims to install 2 GW of solar energy by 2020, which will represent 14 percent of the country’s total installed capacity. UAE-based clean energy firm Masdar and Morocco’s Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE) have signed a partnership to design, supply and install 17,670 solar home systems across 940 … Continue reading Morocco to establish solar energy programs with Masdar
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The Chinese Hanergy Group is investing one billion U.S. dollars to construct a 400-megawatt (MW) solar power plant to help boost Ghana’s energy needs, Zhou Youbin, Charge d’Affaires at the Chinese Embassy, said here Thursday. Zhou, who was speaking at a day’s natural resource conference, said: “China, as a traditional friend and an important … Continue reading China to help Ghana construct 1 bln USD solar power plant
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Top 10 Biggest Solar Photovoltaic Projects in Chile
A recent study by GTM Research shows that the Latin American PV market grew by 370% in 2014, when 625 MW of additional solar power were installed. Chile has been the most active country in the region and installed three quarters of the new PV capacity. Thanks to the fully liberalized electricity market, the high … Continue reading Top 10 Biggest Solar Photovoltaic Projects in Chile
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Photovoltaic capacity to reach nearly 500 GW in 2019
Global solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity is forecast to reach 498 gigawatts (GW) in 2019, which is 177 percent higher than 2014, according to IHS. While total global solar PV demand is projected to grow steadily, the large number of discrete country markets at the gigawatt-level will help reduce demand volatility, the market research company notes. “Last … Continue reading Photovoltaic capacity to reach nearly 500 GW in 2019
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China boosts solar energy target to 17.8GW
China has upped its 2015 solar power target from 15GW to 17.8GW – which compares to the 12GW installed last year (the US installed 7.3GW) – with the giant hoping distributed solar photovoltaic can drive the bulk of the increase, Bloomberg News reports. China last year aimed for a target of 14-15GW, but fell … Continue reading China boosts solar energy target to 17.8GW
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Renewables and Mining Summit in Chile
Over 60 of Chile’s top mining executives will meet with the global renewables sector this May 6-7 at the Renewables and Mining Summit & Exhibition which marks the first formal meeting of the mining and renewables sectors in Chile. Nelson Pizarro Contador, CEO of Codelco is the keynote presenter at this timely Summit focused on … Continue reading Renewables and Mining Summit in Chile
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Brazilian renewable power auction set for Nov. 13
Brazil’s Ministry of Mining and Energy will hold an auction for electricity from renewable power plants on Nov. 13. In the auction, wind energy and solar power projects will compete for contracts to sell power starting in November 2018, the ministry said in the official gazette Tuesday. Developers bid down the price at which they’re … Continue reading Brazilian renewable power auction set for Nov. 13
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Solar Power Could Power California Five Times Over
In the face of global climate change, increasing the use of renewable energy resources is one of the most urgent challenges facing the world. Further development of one resource, solar energy, is complicated by the need to find space for solar power-generating equipment without significantly altering the surrounding environment. New work from Carnegie‘s Rebecca … Continue reading Solar Power Could Power California Five Times Over
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Brazil taps into solar energy
Brazil is also facing energy issues as electricity prices continue to rise. But the Brazilians are now turning to an power source that’s been around for four and a half billion years: It’s the sun. And thanks to rapid advances in solar panel technology, the country’s future in energy is looking a bit brighter. There … Continue reading Brazil taps into solar energy
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Solar power accounted for 32 percent of new capacity in the United States last year, wind energy accounted for 23 percent
Wind power accounted for 23 percent of new capacity, with coal taking a share of less than 1 percent. California saw three concentrated solar power plants come fully online in 2014: the Genesis project in Riverside County and the Ivanpah and Mojave projects in San Bernardino County, collectively accounting for another 767 megawatts of new … Continue reading Solar power accounted for 32 percent of new capacity in the United States last year, wind energy accounted for 23 percent
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